This isn't quite flying cars, but USA Today notes that sales of private airplanes are taking off because of technology that makes them easier to fly.

People who can afford small planes are able to avoid the lines, inconvenient schedules and increased security checks of flying on commercial airlines.

"That's why people are buying their own planes — they found a way to take command of their lives," said Bruce Holmes, who founded NASA's Advanced General Aviation Transportation Experiment, which is trying to widen the use of private planes.